Sale reports / Alabama / Lineville Stockyards / 2021-04-13

Lineville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lineville, Alabama · Tue, Apr 13
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1989
Feeder Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 156▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 22▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 49▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: On few offering. Slaughter cows steady. Feeder classes firm to steady. Replacement cows and pairs steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.35/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$130.35
34 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.20
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480133.0863925
Medium and Large 2450124.365608thin
Medium and Large 3380110.004181thin
One grade step is worth $23.08/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale34 hd
130.35
—
AL average16 barns · 2,087 hd
133.54
−3.20
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14670.738106thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31070.509241thin

Every lot

49 lots · USDA AMS · Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1385162.00/cwt156.00–168.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006721
Steers—Medium and Large 1475156.00/cwt156.00–156.007411
Steers—Medium and Large 2510146.00/cwt146.00–146.007451
Steers—Medium and Large 1520152.00/cwt152.00–152.007901
Steers—Medium and Large 3525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 376595.00/cwt95.00–95.007271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315146.00/cwt146.00–146.004601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added357151.00/cwt151.00–151.005396
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380110.00/cwt110.00–110.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385143.00/cwt143.00–143.005511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425127.00/cwt127.00–127.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427130.54/cwt127.00–137.005576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1450132.00/cwt132.00–132.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473122.99/cwt122.00–124.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516129.53/cwt126.00–133.006685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518118.44/cwt116.00–121.006142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575121.00/cwt121.00–121.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650117.00/cwt117.00–117.007611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745115.00/cwt115.00–115.008571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797108.00/cwt108.00–108.008612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1303170.02/cwt168.00–172.005152
Bulls—Medium and Large 2343152.33/cwt148.00–156.005223
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375159.00/cwt156.00–160.005964
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395128.00/cwt128.00–128.005061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2408145.51/cwt144.00–147.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413155.73/cwt154.00–159.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445125.00/cwt125.00–125.005561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450138.50/cwt138.00–139.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477146.36/cwt143.00–149.006983
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1505146.00/cwt146.00–146.007371
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505116.00/cwt116.00–116.005861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580119.00/cwt119.00–119.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1593128.01/cwt126.00–130.007592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765111.00/cwt111.00–111.008491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12870.08/cwt64.00–72.007915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23574.00/cwt74.00–74.009141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31070.50/cwt70.50–70.509241
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,026.67/cwt880.00–1,100.00—3
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—914.00/cwt850.00–990.00—5
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—680.00/cwt670.00–690.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—663.33/cwt530.00–730.00—3
Bred Cows—Small 2—560.00/cwt560.00–560.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 4—250.00/cwt250.00–250.00—1
Bred Cows—Small 3—230.00/cwt210.00–250.00—2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—918.33/cwt880.00–950.00—3
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—640.00/cwt640.00–640.00—1

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.